From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
      
   Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
      
   > Liz Tuddenham  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >You have hit upon the effect that makes the ribbon so special and useful   
   > >in difficult circumstances:  It is the *null* that singles it out,   
   > >rather than the response.   
   >   
   > Not necessarily.  There are plenty of figure-8 condenser microphones out   
   > there that have great nulls too.  I will often use a 414/TL in figure-8   
   > when I want a solid null.   
      
   I was using the term "ribbon" too loosely - I actually meant to include   
   all mics with a ribbon-like response.  I have made several capacitor   
   capsule array mics, using cardioid capsules back-to-back to get a Fig-8   
   response.  Even with all the approximations that arrangement involves,   
   the null is pretty good.   
      
   Having the directional control on a separate control box, it is possible   
   to 'steer' the mic during a performance.  I had to record a concert with   
   a piano at one end of a room and an organ at the other.  I suspended the   
   mic in the centre and, as each one played, steered it in cardioid mode   
   from one to the other.  Then they played a duet, so I balanced them with   
   a slightly uneven Fig-8 response.   
      
      
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